A happy ending for real books as Kindles are left on the shelf

IT WAS the device that was going to change our reading habits — but instead the Kindle appears to be on the wane.

The high street book chain Waterstones is phasing out the sale of the ereaders as ebooks show a sharp decline in sales.

James Daunt, the chief executive of Waterstones, said the chain was selling the devices only in larger stores where there was a “dribble” of demand.

“But frankly I am not sure that space [for sales] is justifying itself now either,” he said. “The thing with Kindles is that if you want one, you’ve got one and they don’t break, so we are into the ‘if you lose it or drop in the bath’ market and that’s rather small. Plus physical